The AHL-affiliated Texas Stars are preparing for the Western Conference finals, forward prospect Nick Caamano is headed to the Memorial Cup, and top prospect Miro Heiskanen has been turning heads at the IIHF World Championships in Denmark.

On top of that, the Stars have a new head coach in Jim Montgomery who is supposedly going to usher in an era where younger players are given a chance to thrive and make an impact.

So what better time to look at the Stars’ pipeline as a whole?

Here is The Athletic DFW’s look at the Stars’ 20 best prospects. For this project I’ve watched some of the prospects in person, (I’ve been driving up and down I-35 quite a bit to see the AHL team play this postseason), seen others on video, and talked to several people about each of them.

We’ve included viewpoints on each prospect from either a member of the Stars...